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As Dutch citizens head to the polls today in a much-anticipated vote, we bring you two perpsectives on the right-wing nationalism that, say many, a Geert Wilders victory in the Netherlands could foment in Europe.
First, as Karoline Postel-Vinay argues, we must remember that Europe's emerging democratic crisis is nothing new: nationalist tensions have been on the rise across the world for over a decade.
And Floris Vermeulen and Maria Kranendonk ask how Dutch Muslims will vote in today's election. All major parties in the Netherlands have moved to the right on Islam and immigration, a political shift exacerbated by the recent spat between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Dutch government.
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Could neo-nationalist leaders join hands across the world? Vladimir Putin (Russia) and Narendra Modi (India) in Goa, 2016.
Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin.ru
Karoline Postel-Vinay, Sciences Po – USPC
Proponents of inward-looking politics have demonstrated an impressive capacity to exploit the globalisation of the political sphere.
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Politics + Society
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Floris Vermeulen, University of Amsterdam; Maria Kranendonk, University of Amsterdam
A recent spat between Turkey and the Netherlands reveals how Dutch-Turks are badly served by politics.
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Environment + Energy
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Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous practice.
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John Bolton, University of Cape Town; Laura Blamey, University of Cape Town
Climate change affects kelp forests all over the world differently. In southern Africa, they seem to be thriving which should be good news. The marine life relying on kelp, are however struggling.
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Science + Technology
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Rob Harcourt, Macquarie University; Carlos Duarte, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Mark Meekan, Australian Institute of Marine Science
You can learn a lot about the movement of people and animals if you tap into the tracking data from many of today's mobile phones.
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